Love Me Too

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Save Soobin or I'm throwing hands
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Soobin awkwardly clears his throat. "Aren't you going to say anything?" he cluelessly asks. "Oh, um.. sorry. Hi." Yeonjun answers quietly.

There is another pause before the taller spoke again. "You're not much of a talker, are you?" Yeonjun keeps quiet. He'd expose too much of his voice, so he just shakes his head slightly. "Oh. I see."

It's the most awkward moment the two had experienced. The blue haired just served customers quickly yet silently while Soobin stood right beside them, still waiting for whoever he was waiting for.

Of course, Yeonjun soon had to leave, his shift had to end somehow. As he packed his things, he could feel Soobin's eyes staring at his back intensely. Trying to ignore it, he shoves the last of his things into the black bag and heaves it over his shoulder. He glances up at Soobin slightly before saying a small "Bye." to him and leaving the store swiftly.

But before he could even step out, the firm grip of someone's hand on his forearm holds him back. "Wait. I'll walk you back." the taller offers. Yeonjun didn't know what to say. First he had to sneak in without revealing who he was, and even after all the work he had done, now he's going to head to Hueningkai's house and reveal himself?

No way in heck was he going to do that. "No, I'm good." he mumbles, pulling his hand away. What is this guy's business with him? He didn't look back and speed walked out the store, running into Hueningkai. "Ow.. Oh, hi Yeonjun Hyung! I-" the blue haired pulls him aside and crouches in the alleyway. Putting a finger on his lips to signal to the younger to be quiet, he watches Soobin walk past, looking for him.

"Hyunmfhh.. exphhainnh.." he pushes the older's hand off his mouth and breathes. "Hyung! Explain what's going on! I just went to check on you at work and you kidnap me?!" he worriedly exclaims. "Ah.. sorry, there was a.. a robber.. and I didn't want you to get hurt." he makes up an excuse.

The younger didn't seem to believe him, and gets up to leave. "Unless you tell me what really happened, I'm gonna tell Taehyun Hyung." he whips his phone out and starts dialing the number. "Wait!! Fine, I'll tell you.. um.." Hueningkai stops, but keeps the phone in his hand and puts his hands on his hips.

"You see.. uh.. I saw a.. a cat! Yes, a cat, and it.. uh, chased me so.. I ran and.. kidnapped you. Yeah, that's it." he nods quickly, standing up.

"Are you sure? I thought you liked cats." Hueningkai asks, still not convinced. "Since when did I say I liked cats?" Yeonjun nervously chuckles, his fingers automatically fidgeting with each other.

The younger sighs in defeat. "Fine, I believe you. But Taehyun Hyung is still hearing about this." he warns before keeping his device in his pocket and walking off. "Yeah, cool!" the other says, sighing in relief as he follows him.

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Where is that cashier guy? Soobin frustratedly wanders around the area, hoping to catch sight of the person he was talking to before. He had seemed nice, so he thought it wouldn't hurt to be friends.

But then again, Soobin's only friends were against him and he's searching for a random stranger who's probably terrified of him. Facepalming, he realises what he's doing and immediately turns back to go home.

"I thought Yeonjun Hyung worked over there, so I went to check up on him and see if he was okay." he talks to his mother over the phone, because he had to update her every 1 hour. "Soobin-Ah, why are you still chasing after him?" she asks.

That was enough to make Soobin stop buying bread. "W-whaat? Chasing after him? No, not at all. I was just checking on him. You know, as friends." he resumes searching his wallet for cash as he continues, "Besides, he's the one that confessed to me, you know? The funny thing is, he didn't show up. There was a weird quiet guy who never showed his face in his place."

"Soobin, you can be such a pabo-yah sometimes." his mother groans. Having to keep his mouth shut, the brunette makes his way home with a very forcefully zipped mouth. "Don't you know that is Yeonjun-Ah? He doesn't show his face or talks much, which means he doesn't really want to be around you."

Soobin almost chokes on his bread. "Wait, what? Oh my god, I'm such a-" "Pabo? Yes, we got that covered." All the boy could do was narrow his eyes.

"But that isn't the point. He doesn't want you to be around him, so why don't you give him a small break? Maybe he'll start talking to you again after that."  his mother suggests, not unkindly. After a long pause, he sighs and responds, "Yeah, alright. See you at home, Eomma."

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"Yeonjun Hyung." Taehyun shakily utters, after having slammed the table in front of everyone. The whole room was silent, no one dared to move or say anything. They all knew that once Taehyun slams the table, someone was going to die.

"Y-yes, Taehyun-Ah?" Yeonjun replies, knowing that this was the last day of his life and he would never have the chance to try that one burger restaurant he had always wanted to go to.

"Don't Taehyun-Ah me. What are you hiding?" his voice filled with irritation. "I thought we agreed on not hiding anything from each other, right?"

"I'm not hiding anything, I swear! I just got really shocked by the cat just now." he protests, standing up as well. "Are you sure?" Taehyun narrows his eyes at his Hyung, instincts telling him that he was very obviously lying.

"Y-yes.." he stutters. The shorter's glare worsened. "Uh, no..?" he changes his answer, and yet the other's teeth clenched harder. Yeonjun's bottom lip trembles slightly. There was a moment of silence before he spoke again.

"I'm sorry, I lied."